Bioinformatics research lies at the intersection of biological/medical sciences and mathematics/computer science/engineering. The intention of the Bioinformatics option is to train students to become researchers in this interdisciplinary field. This includes the development of strategies for experimental design, the construction of tools to analyze datasets, the application of modelling techniques, the creation of tools for manipulating bioinformatics data, the integration of biological databases, and the use of algorithms and statistics.
The option consists of a number of interdisciplinary courses and a seminar designed to bring students from many backgrounds together and to provide a thorough overview of research in this field.
生物信息学的研究位于生物学/医学和数学/计算机科学/工程领域的的交汇处。生物信息方向专业以培养学生成为这一跨学科领域的研究人员为目标。这包括实验设计策略的发展，分析数据集的工具的构建，建模技术的应用，处理生物信息数据的工具的创建，生物数据库的集成，以及算法和统计数据的使用。
这个方向包括许多跨学科的课程和一个研讨会，旨在让来自不同背景的学生聚集在一起，并为这一领域的研究提供一个全面的概述。